A Different Story

A compassionate yet conflicted chauffeur who becomes entangled in a web of lovers. He adapts to domestic life, takes on duties around the house, and explores his own desires within a complex relationship with Stella. His immigrant status and need for stability push him to improvise and gamble with love.

A real estate agent who juggles multiple lovers and a demanding career. Practical and resourceful, she navigates love, jealousy, and motherhood while trying to maintain control over her own life. Her evolving relationship with Albert becomes the emotional core of the story.

A wealthy pianist whose relationship with Albert triggers a cascade of changes. His departure from the arrangement sets the plot in motion and underscores themes of appetite, power, and dependence within a parasexual dynamic.

Another lover of Stella who enters with emotional intensity and vulnerability. Her presence intensifies jealousy and reveals the fragility of the relationships surrounding Stella and Albert.

A fellow lover of Stella who shares a night with Stella, highlighting the bisexual dynamics at play. Her involvement adds complexity to Stella's romantic world and fuels jealousy and confusion.

Albert's new lover found at the baths, expanding the network of intimate connections and illustrating the fluid nature of the relationships within the group.

Albert's boss in the fashion world, a figure within the workplace whose presence intersects with the characters' personal lives. His role underscores the blend of professional and intimate realms.

Stella's father, a parent figure whose view of Stella's life provides an external lens on her choices and independence.

Stella's mother, a presence who offers support and shaping perspectives on love, marriage, and social norms within the family context.

A family figure who appears in the surrounding social circle, contributing to the domestic atmosphere and interactions that frame the main relationships.

The Taylor family matriarch whose presence deepens the social landscape in which the characters move and make choices.